One hotly-debated topic related to scheduling is year-round schooling. While still the exception rather than the rule, year-round schooling (also called extended learning) is growing in popularity. According to the National Association for Year-Round Education (NAYRE), 3,180 public schools were operating year-round in 2002-2003. California leads…

Three years ago, the staff at Bethel (Connecticut) Middle School made a commitment to establish the school as a professional learning community (PLC). As they delved into the PLC concept, they realized that the first step was to take a close look at how they used time during the school day. Specifically, they needed to determine how to best…

Arguing that new concepts and new structures are necessary to overcome academic inertia, the author suggests that, for the small college especially, the interim term may serve to trigger a wide range of innovative activity. (Editor)

Describes the purpose, intent, and programs of Countesthorpe, an experimental school in Britain. (GB)

Authors discuss how long term planning must be supplemented by short range plans if station goals are to be achieved. (Author)

Improvement on standardized tests, fewer discipline problems, less school vandalism, better student-teacher relations, and higher grades have all resulted from the nongraded learning unit approach. (Editor)

Permissiveness can lead to gross chaos in orderliness, thinking, habits, and discipline. Authoritarianism can be arbitrary and excessive, or it can only seem that way to persons who find the demands of social existence restrictive to a fancied personal freedom. (Authors)

A small Toronto school found a ready solution to the task of manual scheduling through the use of a computer service utlity. (Author/JN)

Part II of a continuing series on open scheduling in Latin and Greek classes in secondary schools. Part I appeared in the December 1972 issue of Classical Outlook.'' (DS)

This article discusses one school's experiences in planning, implementing, and dealing with the changes resulting from a modular flexible scheduling system. (Editor)

Reports increases in student enrollment which occurred as a result of changing from a year-long curriculum to one that incorporates nine-week terms. (SB)

An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the trimester system and speculations on the current disuse and prospects for revival of the system. (Editor/HS)

Author evaluates the Learning Center at Thurston Intermediate School, an experimental school in Laguna Beach, California. (MB)

This study was an attempt to compare the effectiveness of affective learning in large group-small group combinations with conventional sized class groups of 50-60 students. (CK)